In this lesson, we are looking at how to use 같아요 with verbs. In order to use 같아요 with verbs to mean “I think…” “It looks like…” or “It seems to me that…”, you need to change the verb into its noun form. Find out how by listening to the lesson and if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to leave us comments!

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Yes exactly. 난 is just a shorter way of saying it. like 너를 (you as an object) can be shortened to 널. You can hear this a lot on songs. 나를 –> 날. 저를 –> 절 (though I don’t hear this a lot but I’ve seen it before). But 내가 can not be shortened to 낵. same with 제가 and 니가/네가.

난 is just a shorter way of saying it. like 너를 (you as an object) can be shortened to 널. You can hear this a lot on songs. 나를 –> 날. 저를 –> 절 (though I don’t hear this a lot but I’ve seen it before). But 내가 can not be shortened to 낵. same with 제가 and 니가/네가.

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안녕하세요!

내일은 비가 올 것 같아서 집에 있을 거예요.

오늘 재 친구가 슬픈는 것 같아요 그레서 친구한테 꽃을 살 거예요.

그 사람은 이상한 것 같아지만 이제 좋아해요.

“너만 초코릿을 샀어? 그는 너를 좋아하는 것 같아.” 저한테 재 친구가 말했어요.

제가 틀렸으면 정정해 주십시오!

Teddy

재미있다 in its noun form is 재미있는. But this is descriptive verb, is it not?

Sauleh

Hello! Found your site recently and I love it! Thanks a lot! Have a question though. You said ~것 같아요 used a lot by Korean people in order to soften the way they speak. Is it the same as Japanese people tend to add と思う? (By the way I find these two languages very similar, grammar and vocabulary wise and from the cultural point of view too. As I know and feel Japanese language better I find it very useful to understand nuances through Japanese language.)

Malori Green

이 게임이 너무 재미있을 것 같아요

너의 노래들 좋는 것 같아요?

야, 줌준 것 같아요, 맞아요?

TheFuzzeePanda

오늘은, 외보 놀겉 같아요. = It seems like you will play/played(idk which would work with this sentence) outside today.

Good question. If you want to use “… 것 같아요” with descriptive verbs in the past tense, such as “I think the sky was pretty.”, Korean people usually use -았/었/였던 것 같아요. (-던- is covered in TTMIK Level 8 Lesson 4.)

이번 토요일에서 아홒부터 여섯까지 일할 것 같아요 (I think/it looks like i will be working this Saturday from 9 o’clock until 6 o’clock).

KyungHwa Sun

Correction: 이번 주 토요일에 아홉 시부터 여섯 시까지 일할 것 같아요.

야신

thank you 🙂

BaeBea

I was practicing with ~ 것 같아요, saying it loud while writing it, and suddenly a song, with that word in, start playing in my head. So I searched it on YouTube ( https://youtu.be/8cuorSMOvDQ ) and listened to it while reading the Hangul lyrics and… I was able to understand a lot of what he was singing D: it was crazy! I didn’t understand anything before starting TTMIK 2 months ago!! I don’t know why I’m writing this here and I know it’s just a little stupid thing to understand what he is singing ( and maybe it is just a very simple song to understand ) but this makes me proud of myself and more motivated on keep on studying. I’m just… I don’t know… happy. Thank you TTMIK and sorry for this crazy post.

Deeti Mali

yay !! Me too I wouldn’t understand a word of Korean when 2 people were talking, now not only can I answer in one word but also understand (not completely yet) what they are talking